Our Lady of Champion: When Mary appeared in Wisconsin’s northwoods May 7, 2026By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vatican, World News The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin — formerly known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help — is the only Marian shrine in the United States located on the site of an approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Pope Leo XIV discuss Iran war at Vatican meeting May 7, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 7, discussing the war in Iran, humanitarian aid and what the Vatican described as “the need to work tirelessly to promote peace,” amid ongoing tension between President Donald Trump and the pope.
Pope Leo XIV expected in France this September for Lourdes, Paris visit May 7, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vatican, World News PARIS (OSV News) — Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected to visit France in late September, the French bishops’ conference confirmed May 6. During the visit, French bishops suggested Pope Leo will travel to Paris and to […]
UFOs, extraterrestrial life explored at Vatican parish event May 7, 2026By Robert Duncan OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Amid renewed claims by U.S. President Donald Trump and members of Congress that secret UFO files could soon be declassified, a Vatican parish hosted a discussion on extraterrestrial life and the modern disclosure movement.
‘Peace be with you all’: Pope Leo’s first words were a roadmap for his first year May 7, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica one year ago May 8, he carried with him a piece of paper on which he had carefully written the first words he would utter as Pope Leo XIV. His first speech was, in ways that would only become clear over the year that followed, a preview of what was to come.
Americans disapprove of Trump’s comments about Pope Leo XIV, poll shows May 6, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A new poll published the day after President Donald Trump renewed his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, showed Americans broadly disapprove.
Lebanese priests overjoyed by a surprise video call from Pope Leo May 6, 2026By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover that a call with Lebanon’s papal nuncio included another special guest on the online visit, Pope Leo XIV.
Catholic aid organizations remain ‘united in hope’ for Ukraine as war rages on May 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Several Catholic aid organizations are affirming they remain “united in hope” for Ukraine, as Russia’s war on that nation relentlessly rages on.
The Church must speak clearly, decisively against all evil, pope says May 6, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defense of human life, Pope Leo XIV said.
Trump renews attacks on Pope Leo over Iran war, accuses him of endangering Catholics May 5, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump on May 5 continued his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, accusing him in a radio interview of “endangering” Catholics through his opposition to the Iran war.
Lord of the Dance meets Shepherd of the Flock: Michael Flatley greets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican May 4, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Irish dance superstar Michael Flatley stepped into the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV April 29, leaving the “Lord of the Dance” creator reflective on how faith and footwork are gifts from God.
Pope Leo XIV meets with Catholic Charities USA leadership, urges mission of compassion May 4, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met the leadership of Catholic Charities USA in an audience at the Vatican on May 4, offering words of encouragement to one of the country’s largest disaster relief networks as it navigates growing demand for food and basic services to aid the poor in the United States.
